al-Qurʼān.
- Holding institution:
- Free Library of Philadelphia, Special Collections
- Data provider:
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- Title:
- al-Qurʼān.
القرآن - Creator:
- Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis collection of Oriental Manuscripts
- Date:
- after 1400?
- Description:
- Incomplete copy of the Qurʼān containing verses 2:201-6:24. The parchment is curling, often brittle, and shows clear striations from preparation on a number of membranes (see f. 8 for example).
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Manuscripts, Arabic--15th century
Manuscripts, Arabic--16th century
Manuscripts, Arabic--17th century
Manuscripts, Arabic--18th century
Manuscripts, Arabic--19th century
Codices (bound manuscripts)
Illuminations (painting)
Manuscripts (documents)
Qurʼans - Geographic region:
- North Africa?
- Provenance:
- Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
- Extent:
- 12 long lines.
- Publisher:
- Free Library of Philadelphia
- Rights:
- These images and the content of Rare Book Department Lewis O 21: al-Qurʼān. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.
To the extent possible under law, Free Library of Philadelphia, Special Collections has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Rare Book Department Lewis O 21: al-Qurʼān.. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode. - Identifier:
- Lewis O 21
- Is part of:
- OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World
- Exhibit tags:
- mss_quran